Billy Joe Cagle, 49, was arrested at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on terroristic threats charges after allegedly threatening to shoot up the airport.
A Georgia man was arrested Monday morning at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport after allegedly threatening to open fire at one of the nation’s busiest travel hubs.
Atlanta police said 49-year-old Billy Joe Cagle faces charges including terroristic threats, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, criminal attempt to commit aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Cartersville police said Cagle’s family alerted them after seeing him livestream on social media, saying he was heading to the airport to „shoot it up.“
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens praised the family and police response, saying, „Twenty-seven or more lives could have been lost today because an individual came into Hartsfield-Jackson, and after being reported coming out of Cartersville, Georgia, that had mental challenges.
